16 October 2015
The homework this week is talk time and is due in on Wednesday 21 October:
Should everybody be able to go on holiday?
Discuss reasons why people may not be able to go on holiday. Does your child think this is fair? Is a holiday a necessity or a luxury? How might someone feel if they can’t go on holiday?
There is much more to discuss than the above but I hope it acts as a starting point for your conversations. Why not get the whole family involved over dinner time, or ask opinions from relatives by calling or emailing them?
16 October 2015
The homework this week is practice makes perfect and is due in on Wednesday 21 October.
I can use commas in a list.
We’ve been practising using commas to mark items in a list. For this homework, I’d like children to write a couple of lists telling me what items they would pack to take on a holiday.
On Wednesday, we’ll then read the sentences and guess what type of holidays the children are going on. For example:
When I go on holiday, I need to remember to pack my helmet, gloves, t shirt, trainers, water bottle, sun cream, pump and my bike.
16 October 2015
Practice Makes Perfect focusses on spellings this week. Choose 15 spellings you have learnt so far this year and write it into a sentence. Think about how you can show what you’ve learnt about different types of sentences too.
- Simple sentence (made more interesting with adverbs and adjectives)
- Compound sentence (using conjunctions to join ideas)
- Complex sentence (with an opener, middler or ender)
16 October 2015
This week’s homework is Talk Time and will be discussed on Wednesday 21 October.
I make my class a good place to learn.
Discuss at home how you and other people in the class can make our class a good place to learn all the time. We’ll then share our ideas together on Wednesday.
Don’t forget to write a couple of sentences to help support your discussion in class.
09 October 2015
The homework this week is talk time and is due in on Wednesday 14 October.
Is it better to holiday in your own country or a foreign country?
This homework poses a moral question about the implications of our holiday choices. Consider the environmental impact, the economic impact and the cultural experience of holidays both at home and abroad.
09 October 2015
This week’s homework is creative and is due in on Wednesday 14 October.
I can create a promotional image of Scarborough.
Over the past two weeks, we’ve been learning about promotions and how language is used to persuade people to buy something or visit somewhere. On Friday, we finished off this English focus with an extended piece of writing. Next week, we will be improving and displaying our promotional texts so we need some images to go with these. You could create a post card, a web page or even just illustrate one of the many attractions Scarborough has to offer.
09 October 2015
Year 5 also have a Practice Makes Perfect each week. This week you have been assigned three tasks on Mathletics to be completed by Wednesday 14 October.
- Comparing decimals
- Decimal order
- Rounding decimals
Don’t forget to press the ? if you’re struggling. We have just been learning about decimals in class so you should be able to complete this on your own.
02 October 2015
The homework this week is practice makes perfect and is due in on Wednesday 07 September.
I can rapidly recall my number bonds to 10.
Number bonds to 10 are two numbers which add up to 10: 3 + 7 = 10, 4 + 6 = 10, etc. These number facts should be instant rather than worked out.
We have been doing a lot of practice on number bonds to 10 this week. We have been looking at why numbers make 10 so that children have a deep understanding of this rather than just memorising facts. Hopefully, many of the number bonds have been remembered due to lots of repetitive practice, but if your child is struggling to rapidly recall the numbers which make 10, use physical objects to demonstrate it. Lots of practice doing so should embed the facts into your child’s memory! Take a look at Class News on the website to see the ways we’ve been using in class, too!
Thank you for your support in your child’s learning.
02 October 2015 – Practice Makes Perfect
Year 5 also have Practice Makes Perfect homework each week. Last week, lots of children didn’t complete their Mathletics tasks. Therefore, they had to use their playtime to do this. If homework cannot be completed for any reason or might be difficult to complete (due to technology being required), please tell me before the due date and efforts will be made to complete it in school.
This week’s Practice Makes Perfect is due on Wednesday 07 October.
To answer questions about data.
Look carefully at the data and use it to answer the questions.
02 October 2015 – Talk Time
This week’s homework is Talk Time and is due on Wednesday 07 October.
Some people leave to go holiday and some people leave because they have to.
Discuss.
Lots of us like to go on holiday but some people are forced to move away from their homes. Why might people have to leave when others don’t have to? How would you feel if you were forced to move away from your home? Where would you go?